週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
2/16 |
Quantum Entanglement, Bell’s Inequality and Quantum Computation |
Week 2 |
2/23 |
Density Functional Theory |
Week 3 |
3/2 |
Spin-Statistics, Fermi Liquids, and Bose-Einstein Condensates |
Week 4 |
3/9 |
Onsager Reciprocal Relations, Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem |
Week 5 |
3/16 |
Non-equilibrium fluctuation relations (Jarzynski, Crooks, single-molecule experiments) |
Week 6 |
3/23 |
Active Matter |
Week 7 |
3/30 |
Critical Phenomena and RG / Coarse-Graining & Effective Hamiltonians |
Week 8 |
4/6 |
Midterm Journal Article Presentations
(One-page Term Paper abstract due) |
Week 9 |
4/13 |
Rate Theory (Transition State Theory and Reactive Flux Theory) |
Week 10 |
4/20 |
Rare Event Methods (Path Sampling and Path Ensembles) |
Week 11 |
4/27 |
Classical Nucleation Theory |
Week 12 |
5/4 |
Polymer Statistics, Elasticity and Thermodynamics |
Week 13 |
5/11 |
Colloids and Entropic Phase Transitions |
Week 14 |
5/18 |
Granular Statistical Mechanics |
Week 15 |
5/25 |
Surfactants and Self-Assembly
(Term Paper due) |
Week 16 |
6/1 |
Final Exam |